Match-stand.



C. CAMPUS.

MATCH STAND.

APPLlCATION FILED FEB. 28. I916.

Patented July 4, 1916.

"CESAR'E CAMPUS, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

MATCH-STAND.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 4, 1916.

Application filed February 28, 1916. Serial No. 80,845.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, CESARE GAMrUs, a subject of the King of Italy, residing in the borough of Brooklyn, county of Kings, city and State of New York,have invented an Improvement in Match-Stands, of which the following is a specification.

My present invention relates to a match stand and more particularly to a match stand adapted to receive and contain book matches and also includes a suitable ash tray or receiver. 7

I am awarethat heretofore various forms of receptacles have been provided for book matches. These book matches, however, are commonly so constructed that the friction or striking surface is placed on the cover at right angles to the match splints and so far as I am aware the match stands as heret0-.

fore employed for containing book matches hold the match splints in a vertical position with the heads of the matches either up or down. This, of course, makes the striking or friction surface of the cover of the match book when so inserted in the match stand assume a horizontal position. My experience with match stands of this general nature has been a tendency to overturn or upset the match stand with the contents of the ash tray when striking the matches on the friction surface placed in a horizontal position, and this generally is the case irrespective of the size of the base of the stand.

The object of my present invention therefore is to overcome this dilficulty and broadly to provide a match stand in which bookmatches are received and held in such a position that the match splints lie horizontally and the friction or striking surface lies in a vertical or nearly upright position. Together with this feature I also incorporate means for normally covering the heads of the matches when in place in the match stand as well as rests for cigars or cigarettes in a tray which forms the base of the stand as will be hereinafter more particularly described.

In the drawing, Figure 1, is an elevation of the match stand made in accordance with my present invention. Fig. 2, is a partial plan of the same. Fig. 3, is a'perspective view of the guard employed to normally cover the heads of the matches. partial elevation showing a modified form of the invention, and Fig. 5, is a partial elevation of still another fo m o the i lWIl O Fig. 4, is a Referring to the drawing, my improved 'match standpreferably comprises a base 10 suitably recessed as indicated at 11 to form a receptacle for cigar and clgarette ashes and burnt matches. Connected to and rising from the base 10 is an upright 12 having an opening 13 and side projections 14 which arerecessed' as indicated'at 15; the base of the opening 13 and the recesses 15 as will be appreciated, form rests in which lighted cigars or cigarettes may be placed in the base of thefstand. Suitably connected to the upper end of the upright member 12 is a frame for receiving and containing book "matches. This preferably comprises a bottom member 16, a central or partition member 17, and a top member 18. At one end and extending between the top member 18' and the bottom member 16, I employ an end member '19 and at the opposite sides of this book to hold the same in position against the V partition member and between the top and bottom members. These match books are indicated at 245 and 25 in the positions assumed in the match stand, as will be readily apparent by reference to Figs. 1 and 2. The matchesv when in this position lie horizontally and the friction or striking surface 26 assumes a vertical or nearly vertical position so that a downward movementof the hand'is neces sarily employed in striking the matches and with this movement there is much less likelihood of turning over or upsetting the stand when lighting matches. V

In order to normally cover the heads of the matches when placed in the match stand I employ a guard 21 which may be of metal or other suitable material and is preferably hinged at corresponding corners to the top member 18 as indicated at 22. Also as shown this guard member spans the match receptacle and may be cut away at one end of the base as indicated at 23, so as to assume an upright position as shown in dotted line of Fig. 1 when removing the matches from the match book, or as indicated in Fig. 4, the top member 18 may be provided with stops and the guard 21 so constructed'that it not only cannot be moved farther than th position in whi h it a t gainst the stops 27, but falls to its normal position by g. 'ayity when released.

By reference to Fig. 5, it will be seen that instead of employing the guard '21 as hereinbefore described, I may provide a cover 538 hinged to the edge of the top member 18 as indicated at 20, and the cover 28 along its bottom edge may be provided with a spring latch or other similar device adapted to engage the bottom member 16 to normally hold the cover in place, it will be understood that a similar (3 (er is hinged in the same manner to the opposite side of the match stand. in this instance also the cover extends entirely over the matches and as will be understood the guard 21 may be made of suliicient width to also extend entirely over the n ate-hes when in its normal or closed position.

I claim as my invention:

1. A match stand comprising a base, an upright fixed in position thereon, and a receptacle carried by said upright and adapted to receive a match book with the match splints parallel to the base and the striking surface in alinement with the said upright.

2. A. match stand comprising a base, an upright fixed in position thereon, a receptacle carried by said upright and adapted to receive a match book with the match splints parallel to the base and the striking surface in alinement with the said upright, and a guard member mounted on said receptacle, so as to normally cover the heads of the match splints when the same are in position therein and which may be swung to obtain ready access to the matches.

3. A match stand comprising a base, an upright connected thereto and provided with an opening and the lateral recessed extensions, the said opening and the recesses in the lateral extensions serving as rests, a receptacle fixed to the upper end of the said upright and adapted to receive and contain match books with the match splints in horizontal positions, and a guard extending over one side of said receptacle and adapted normally to cover the heads of the match splints therein.

Signed by me this l-lth 1916.

day of February,

CESARE CAMPUS.

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